Bathurst 12 Hour: Pole for Ferrari as Vilander tops Shootout

Vilander put in a stunning 2m02.861s on his single flying lap, finding almost two tenths on the final sector to grab pole and secure the Allan Simonsen Trophy.

The #90 MARC GT BMW will join the Ferrari on the front row, Supercars star Chaz Mostert laying down a blinder of his own with a 2m03.055s. That knocked the factory-backed BMW Team SRM M6 off the front row, Marco Wittmann forced to settle for third with a 2m03.249s, which to that point was half a second faster than anyone else had managed.

The biggest mover compared to regular qualifying was the #35 Miedecke Stone Aston Martin. Running third, Ash Walsh made up four spots to finish up outside of the second row.

Maxime Soulet’s lap put the #8 Bentley in fifth, while Alvaro Parente was another big mover, taking the #1 Tekno McLaren – only sneaking into the Shootout on combined times from qualifying – from 10th to sixth.

Earl Bamber ended up where he started in the #911 Walkinshaw Porsche, slotting into seventh, while Timo Glock slipped back to eighth in the #7 BMW Team SRM car after making a mistake at Turn 1.

Matt Campbell slipped back into the field as well in the #12 Competition Motorsports Porsche, ending up ninth after the Shootout, while Nathan Antunes was 10th and last in the #5 GT Motorsport Audi.